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#1

General Highway Talk / Re: Multiple Lanes Ending Cons...

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 05:07:27 AM

Real-life example that I've driven through several times

I like the overhead sign just upstream that appears to thank me for preferring roads and bridges. Coahuila apparently hates train foamers and ferry geeks.

#2

General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge

Last post by skatcher - Today at 04:51:15 AM

May 18: Post signage indicating a concurrency between two routes, of which one route has a number ending in 1, and the other route has a number ending in 8.

US 98/US 441 south (along with FL 15 south) in Pahokee.

#3

Mid-Atlantic / Re: Key Bridge (Round Who Know...

Last post by Beltway - Today at 01:53:31 AM

A criminal conviction doesn't accelerate the rebuild or unlock new legal authority.

Criminal and civil tracks don't cross like that. DOJ prosecuting shoreside personnel for falsified records doesn't modify: the NTSB's engineering findings, the federal funding already appropriated, MDTA's procurement process, the absence of a Phase‑2 construction contract, and the statutory limits on civil recovery under maritime law.

"Proven in court" doesn't create new construction pathways. A guilty verdict punishes individuals; it does not expand MDTA's powers, shorten procurement, waive federal requirements, or generate additional funding streams. Criminal liability doesn't rewrite the Limitation of Liability Act, doesn't enlarge the civil pot, and doesn't give Maryland any new mechanism to accelerate design‑build award.

The rebuild is still governed by procurement, design, contracting, and appropriations -- not the outcome of a criminal trial. The criminal case runs parallel, not upstream. It may satisfy public accountability, but it does not change the rebuild timeline by a single day.

#4

Pacific Southwest / Re: Nevada

Last post by moabdave - Today at 01:30:46 AM

NV-207 Shield Error by David from Moab, on Flickr

For all those offended by NDOT's blasphemous piece of crap they put up this week, you're welcome.

Also someone asked me how visible the "inverted US 50 shield was" Here's what my dash cam recorded today.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/moabdave/55277593670/in/dateposted-public/

#5

Pacific Southwest / Re: Nevada

Last post by LilianaUwU - Today at 01:25:53 AM

I can instantly debunk CA shields being more visible in the snow by showing you what Québec shields look like in the snow:

#6

Traffic Control / Re: Arrow-Per-Lane (APL) signs

Last post by Great Lakes Roads - Today at 01:10:26 AM

Not sure it has been mentioned on here, but there is a new APL signage on I-395 NB in Baltimore that replaced this!

#7

Mid-Atlantic / Re: Maryland

Last post by Great Lakes Roads - Today at 01:08:00 AM

Not sure it has been mentioned on here, but there is a new APL signage on I-395 NB in Baltimore that replaced this!

Also, a signage-related question: is MDOT planning to replace a bunch of overhead sign gantries around the Baltimore region? There are a lot of ground-mounted signage that looks temporary on wooden poles...

#8

Northeast / Re: NYC Roads

Last post by roadman65 - Today at 01:00:18 AM

I see they're having issues on I-95 inside the Trans Manhattan Tunnel. A man had his car totaled by falling debris from the ceiling.

Again a second motorist hot hit from more overhead debris a week later.

The PANYNJ is responsible as they maintain I-95 in Manhattan.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/cross-bronx-expressway-falling-debris/6501426/

#9

General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge

Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 12:47:53 AM

May 18: Post signage indicating a concurrency between two routes, of which one route has a number ending in 1, and the other route has a number ending in 8.

PA 18 and PA 21 near Rogersville

PA 18 NORTH AND PA 21 EAST 1 MILE WEST OF ROGERSVILLE by Mark Moore, on Flickr

#10

Traffic Control / Re: Traffic signal

Last post by jakeroot - Today at 12:47:34 AM

DE-2 (Kirkwood Highway) eastbound, at Maple Avenue just west of Elsmere, has U-turn signals for yellow and green.  (The lane is still marked with a left arrow.)  It's Maple Avenue to the south from there, and the exit from the VA Hospital coming in from the north.

This part of Kirkwood Highway has been part of my commute since 2006.  Every so often a semi or a school bus makes a U-turn there, very awkwardly.

Apart from the signal, I find the use of a left-turn arrow on the pavement extremely misleading. The only indication of it not actually being a left turn is the "no left turn" sign. Which seems so at-odds with the left arrow on the pavement.